The Caduceus Shield Exercise Initiative provides Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) with a tool for assessing disaster and emergency planning, preparedness, response and recovery capabilities. The initiative's exercises have been developed to assist MRC units with disaster and emergency planning efforts and to help MRC coordinators and members to understand how to respond to situations which they do not face on a daily basis.

Caduceus Shield exercises are designed to provide an opportunity for a single MRC unit or a coalition of MRC units to participate in a meaningful exercise with measurable outcomes. The initiative provides an alternative to the traditional time consuming and costly approach to conducting tabletop, functional and full-scale exercises by utilizing an internet based exercise delivery system to design, facilitate and evaluate exercises.

All Caduceus Shield exercises are facilitated via the internet based application entitled ON-Line eXercise (ONX) System which allows individuals and teams to participate in an exercise from their normal base of operation or any other convenient location with internet access.

Information on the ONX System can be found at ONXSystem.com.

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Testimonials

MRC units have been participating in ONX System exercise since October 2010. View what MRC coordinators and members are saying about using the ONX System.

Core Competencies

All Caduceus Shield exercises are designed to meet, at a minimum, MRC Core Competencies and the various disaster preparedness and response capabilities.

Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program

Caduceus Shield utilizes the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) system for exercise design, facilitation and evaluation.

HSEEP compliant Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEG) are utilized to assess the various planning / preparedness, response and recovery capabilities and capacity of MRC units participating in all Caduceus Shield exercises.

After Action Report / Improvement Plan - Inject Response Report

An HSEEP compliant After Action Report / Improvement Plan (AAR / IP) is generated at the conclusion of all Caduceus Shield exercises. This report is based on an exercise specific Exercise Evaluation Guide and the observations and recommendations of an on-site evaluator. Each MRC will need to provide an internal evaluator for the exercise.

In addition all responses to injects and descriptions of actions taken by exercise participants during a Caduceus Shield exercise are captured within the ONX System and exported to generate an Inject Response Report at the conclusion of the exercise.

Exercise Scenarios

Core functional and tabletop exercises are available for the following scenarios.

MRC Specific Exercise Development

The experienced team of exercise designers associated with the Caduceus Shield Exercise Initiative can develop, facilitate and evaluate an exercise designed to meet the specific needs of your MRC.

Please complete the Information Request Form if you would like additional information regarding designing your next MRC exercise.

An example of an exercise developed to meet a specific need for a single MRC can be accessed below:

Recurring MRC Exercise Series

A scheduled series of recurring Caduceus Shield exercises can be accessed below: